Stafford Beer was a scientist, poet, painter, founder of management cybernetics and world leader in operational research. He was appointed Honorary Professor of Organisational Transformation at Liverpool Polytechnic in 1989, and today the Collection bearing his name is among the most prized of LJMU's archives.
Fanny Louisa Calder was a pioneer of domestic science and famously called the 'saint of laundry, cooking and health' by Florence Nightingale.
Jane was a student at the F.L. Calder College of Domestic Science, one of LJMU’s historic colleges, where she qualified as a teacher. She went on to teach at schools in Wales thanks to a personal reference from Fanny Calder herself. Records from her life help to tell the significant history of LJMU as an institution that supports the training of teachers, always placing importance on providing education for all. The records are held within LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives.
Find out more about the Northern Vascular Biology Forum 2017 which is being held at LJMU on 6 December.
Dr Kay Standing and Dr Sara Parker are currently completing a British Academy Small Grant Project on re-usable sanitary towel projects, assessing their wider impact on women's health and wellbeing in Nepal. Find out more about this research.
LCR 4.0 is seen as an exemplar project with regards to supporting the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies for SMEs in Liverpool City Region. LCR START is designed to offer a proactive business outreach focused around digital strategy for business approach.
LJMU’s Better Futures Summer Schools provide global learning, academic activities, and cultural excursions in partnership with top universities.
The Chancellor Nisha Katona MBE is Chancellor of LJMU.
The School of Biological and Environmental Sciences conduct interdisciplinary and collaborative research with a number of large organisations across the globe within the areas of genetics, neurobiology, anthropology, medical entomology, ecology, evolution, and the environment.
The LJMU Work Experience Programme enables our staff to engage with our local community and support school pupils' development by offering short-term, meaningful work experience.